Mr Montesinos filmed his bribery and extortion on videos, 700 of which are in the hands of prosecutors.

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Blagojevich was convicted in June on 17 counts of wire fraud, bribery, attempted extortion and conspiracy after he was accused of trying to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President Barack Obama, plus others.

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